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Theba

Summary

Theba is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails.[2]

Theba
Active live individual of Theba pisana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Helicinae
Tribe: Thebini
Genus: Theba
Risso, 1826[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Euparypha W. Hartmann, 1843
  • Fruticicola (Theba) Risso, 1826 (unaccepted rank)
  • Helix (Euparypha) W. Hartmann, 1843
  • Helix (Leucochroa) H. Beck, 1837 (junior synonym)
  • Helix (Theba) Risso, 1826
  • Helix (Xerophila) Held, 1838
  • Leucochroa Beck, 1837 (junior synonym)
  • Leucochroa (Leucochroa) Beck, 1837 ·
  • Xerophila Held, 1838
  • Xerophila (Xerophila) Held, 1838

Description

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Theba is the type genus of the tribe Thebini.[3] The genus occurs in the Mediterranean Basin, in the Canary Islands, and in Morocco.[4]

Species

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Species within the genus Theba include:

  • Theba andalusica Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987[5][6][7]
  • Theba arinagae Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987[6][7]
  • † Theba cartaxensis (Roman, 1907)
  • Theba chudeaui (Germain, 1908)[5][8]
  • Theba clausoinflata (Mousson, 1857)[7]
  • † Theba costillae Hutterer, 1990
  • Theba geminata (Mousson, 1857)[5][6][7]
  • Theba grasseti (Mousson, 1872)[5][7]
  • Theba impugnata (Mousson, 1857)[5][6][7]
  • Theba lindneri Kittel, 2012
  • Theba macandrewiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)[5][7]
  • † Theba milneedwardsi (Filhol, 1877)
  • Theba orzolae Gittenberger & Ripken, 1985[5]
  • Theba pisana (Müller, 1774) – type species[5][6][7]
  • † Theba quintanellensis (Roman, 1907)
  • Theba sacchii (Gitten & Ripken, 1987)[5][9]
  • Theba solimae (Sacchi, 1955)[5][10]
  • Theba subdentata (Férussac, 1821)[5][6][7]
  • Theba tantanensis Hutterer, Greve & Haase, 2010
Species brought into synonymy
  • Theba albocincta P. Hesse, 1912: synonym of Monacha albocincta (Hesse, 1912) (original combination)
  • Theba cemenelea Risso, 1826: synonym of Monacha cemenelea (Risso, 1826) (original combination)
  • Theba compingtae Pallary, 1929: synonym of Monacha compingtae (Pallary, 1929) (original combination)
  • Theba dofleini P. Hesse, 1928: synonym of Monacha dofleini (P. Hesse, 1928) (original combination)
  • Theba hemitricha P. Hesse, 1914: synonym of Paratheba hemitricha (P. Hesse, 1914): synonym of Monacha hemitricha (P. Hesse, 1914) (original combination)
  • Theba melitenensis P. Hesse, 1915: synonym of Monacha melitenensis (P. Hesse, 1915) (original combination)
  • Theba orientalis Hesse, 1914: synonym of Monacha (Metatheba) samsunensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1868) represented as Monacha samsunensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1868) (junior synonym)
  • Theba pontica (P. Fischer in Tchihatcheff, 1866) †: synonym of Monacha pontica (P. Fischer in Tchihatcheff, 1866) †
  • Theba rubella Risso, 1826: synonym of Monacha cemenelea (Risso, 1826) (junior synonym)
  • Theba samsunensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1868): synonym of Monacha samsunensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1868) (unaccepted combination)

References

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  1. ^ Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Vol. 4. Paris: F.G. Levrault. pp. 1-439 [pl. 1-12].
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426410 on 2021-05-06
  3. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. ^ Greve C., Hutterer R., Groh K., Haase M. & Misof B. (2010). "Evolutionary diversification of the genus Theba (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in space and time: A land snail conquering islands and continents". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57(2): 572-584. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Gittenberger, G.; Ripken, Th. E. J. (1987). "The genus Theba (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Helicidae), Systematics and distribution". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 241 (1): 1–59.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Species in genus Theba (n=6). AnimalBase, accessed 3 May 2009.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Theba Risso 1826". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 11 May 2011.
  8. ^ [1]. NCBI, accessed 11 May 2011.
  9. ^ [2]. NCBI, accessed 11 May 2011.
  10. ^ [3]. NCBI, accessed 11 May 2011.

Further reading

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  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes, vol. 4. Paris: Levrault. vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12.
  • Hartmann, J.D.W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten, i-xx
  • Held, F. (1837-1838). Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns. Isis (Oken), 30 (4): 303-309 (1837); 30 (12): 901-919 (1838). Leipzig
  • Beck, H. (1837). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 1-124. Hafniae
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  •   Data related to Theba at Wikispecies

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